Kathy Rogers (MacCarthy-Morrogh)

• Led and delivered 3 large Digital Transformation Portfolios delivering across divisions (and some group programmes jointly with
  Ashford St Peters).
• Provided leadership for trust-wide transformation initiatives involving digital operations and infrastructure dependencies.
• Collaborated closely with executives, estates, digital, and clinical leaders to support delivery confidence, benefits realisation, and
  operational readiness.
• Applied foundational programme controls, risk, and dependency management practices.
• Supported senior governance forums with regular reporting and assurance activities.
• Conducted consultancy reviews such as 'patient flow' and 'ward reconfiguration' reviews.
• Led the establishment of an Automation Hub that achieved significant time savings (900 hrs per month)
• Led the creation of an internal digital Innovation Hub that will reduce reliance on third-party procurement, helping to enhance cost and
  efficiency benefits for the Trust, as well as creating in-house sustainability.
• Currently leading the Group Model (RSFT + ASPH) Productivity 'Pillar' to deliver significant CIPs across both organisations.

• Accountable executive lead for a national delivery organisation working under NHS England and system-level contracts, operating in highly regulated public sector environments.
• Led commercial strategy, procurement, contract management and supplier mobilisation, ensuring value for money, compliance and delivery confidence.
• Co-authored, submitted and won multiple large-scale competitive bids, translating strategic intent into deliverable programmes with robust governance and benefits frameworks.
• Acted as senior escalation point for NHS England, ICS and provider partners, managing delivery, risk and reputation at scale.
• Co-designed and co-authored the NHS England ‘Improvement Week’ national blueprint.

This role differentiates me from candidates with exclusively NHS-employed backgrounds by bringing deep commercial acumen, bid-writing expertise and contract accountability directly applicable to major capital programmes.

• Discovery and business case development for local authorities.
• Delivered senior programme support to NHS and system partners, including programme mobilisation, governance design, commercial support and readiness planning.
• QI and GP Partner training delivery in Primary Care.
• Supported leaders in navigating complexity, interdependencies and assurance requirements.
• Guest lecturer and dissertation supervisor at Kingston Business School MBA on the Public Sector Management module.

• Appointed to establish and lead the Trust’s Transformation Portfolio.
• Provided portfolio-level oversight, assurance and alignment across cost improvement, service transformation, digital and infrastructure-enabled programmes.
• Worked closely with Finance, Digital and Clinical leaders to ensure integrated planning and credible delivery trajectories.
• Supported executive decision-making through high-quality reporting, risk management and benefits tracking.

• Took over a failing, business-critical programme shortly before go-live and successfully recovered and delivered a large-scale digital infrastructure programme across multiple hospital sites.
• Established robust programme governance, supplier oversight and assurance mechanisms across a newly merged Trust.
• Delivered signifcant CIPs (and owned the upwards reporting on this to the centre), improved patient safety, operational efficiency and digital readiness - providing foundational capability for subsequent EPR investment.

• Senior accountable lead for complex, multi-year public sector programmes, frequently involving commercial negotiations, commissioning, supplier management and contract delivery.
• Led large-scale transformation programmes delivering significant financial benefits (e.g. £14.2m over three years), underpinned by strong governance and financial assurance.
• Extensive experience working with elected members, executive teams and finance leads to secure approval for major investment decisions.

• Senior consultancy, programme and services leadership roles at Northgate Information Solutions (NEC Software) and Northgate HR (Alight), delivering technology-enabled transformation, service redesign and large public sector contracts.